Sheet Pan Sausage, Asparagus, and Sweet Potato

This Sheet Pan Sausage, Asparagus, and Sweet Potato is ready in less than 20 minutes. Flavor packed with herbs, it’s a healthy meal that is perfect any night of the week.

As I sit here typing this, the house is silent except for the random scribbling of pencil across paper, as Kelsie is doing her school work for the day. The dogs are silent, and even though we live on a busy street, there doesn’t seem to be the steady stream of cars going by. Throughout all this silence, all I can do is think. Things have been unsettled here over the past month or so. My car wants to start some of the time. We think it’s the ignition going bad, but aren’t positive. We paid to have a sensor replaced, that the car guy thought was probably the issue. It wasn’t. So sometimes it will start right up, sometimes it won’t. And guess what…it won’t do it when we take it in to the shop! (story of my life)

Kayla’s car had to have the starter replaced. She depleted her savings to do so. Our internet went wonky, and dropped speed, which resulted in our internet company to come out to the house. It’s just all small things, but it leaves one to think, what’s next? Like, what else could go wrong?

All the while, while I’m thinking about these things, I keep telling myself that we’re blessed. Sure, we’re having some minor (seriously minor compared) issues. But, thankfully we aren’t in Texas, where things are much worse. I mean we live along the gulf coast. We could have a hurricane come through at any time during the season, and leave the ocean inside our home. It’s possible. At least we have vehicles. A lot of people lost theirs in the floods. At least we have a rough over our heads. A lot of people are left without even that. So while, I think about the bad going on in my own life, I always try and think, it could be worse. It’s all about perspective.

For now though, in the silence, I’m going to focus on telling y’all how juicy this sausage is, and how perfectly matched up the sweet potatoes and asparagus are. This Sheet Pan Sausage, Asparagus, and Sweet Potato has all of my favorites. Sausage, because I’ve really been cooking a lot of one pan dishes with it lately. Asparagus, because when it’s roasted like this, it tastes amazing! Sweet potato, oh, how I adore you!

This dish is done is less than 20 minutes! 20 minutes, y’all that is crazy quick. When I start this dish, I have just enough time to rotate some laundry around, and maybe fold a load, because the timer is going off, and my house smells awesome. A quick kitchen clean up tip – always line your pans with foil or parchment paper. My choice is always parchment paper, because I do find with foil, you have to spray it with non-stick cooking spray. But either way, virtually no clean-up. Which makes whoever cleans up the kitchen happy.

If you aren’t fans of sweet potato – shocking, to me, but Kayla actually doesn’t like sweet potato. You can totally sub it for red potatoes. Not an asparagus fan? Go with green beans – whole and fresh is what I would choose. Sheet pan meals can rarely be messed up. You can swap out proteins, starches, and veggies to your family’s taste preferences. You can also change up the herbs and spices, depending on what your going for.

Reflecting on the hurricane and what everyone is Texas is going through really helps put things in perspective, doesn’t it? I’ve been thinking the same thing about some different situations I’m going through and they all pale in comparison. I have so much to be thankful for.

This dish looks amazing and I love anything with sausage and sweet potatoes. Plus my husband is a huge fan of asparagus, so I’m going to pin your recipe to try this fall.Lori Geurin recently posted…8 Reasons To Start Oil Pulling For Better Health

It really is humbling to hear what’s going on in our country with the storms. Thinking now of all those in Miami. And on a separate note, I can’t imagine not liking sweet potato. That dish looks amazing.Erica recently posted…Avocado Mask Face Cocktail (Make This!)

I love that there is some sweet potato in the recipe. I’ll be saving this for later as my oven just recently broke the glass. I need to wait for my landlord to replace it then.Anosa recently posted…Virgin Sport Oxford Half Marathon {Pre-event}

I am all about sheet pan meals because they are so easy–quick prep and very little clean up. And it is a great way to make a heartwarming and healthy meal on a busy weeknight.Amanda recently posted…35 Pieces of Wisdom for a Happy Life

Right now I’m listening to the Tampa radio station and they’re talking about Naples getting the storm. We were supposed to go to the shore off of Georgia this coming weekend. Luckily we aren’t there and we’re safe at home. Yes! We should be thankful and as I listen to all that is going, it makes me appreciate what we have.
And having hot food like the sheet pan with sausage, asparagus, and sweet potatoes sounds wonderful. It is nice to throw all ingredients in one pan and then having it cook at once.Marisa Franca @ All Our Way recently posted…Salty Sweet Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies A Triple Chocolate Treat

I absolutely love a sheet pan meal. Plenty of hands off time, and a delicious dinner at the end! I love this combination – looks amazing!Kylee from Kylee Cooks recently posted…Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches